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The temple is also notable for one of the early and best specimens of Hindu mural art in Tamil Nadu. This is found in the inner walls of the courtyard cells. The murals are in a style that is also found in the Ajanta Caves, as well as in the historic paintings in the 8th-century Vaikunthaperumal temple, also in Kanchipuram. [4]
Kanchipuram is an ancient city, with inscriptions affirming its existence and importance as a religious pilgrimage, monasteries and Vedic studies center since at least the 2nd-century CE. It is a city of temples and history. The Kailashanatha temple is to the northwest side of the city, about 1.5 kilometers west of the Kanchi Kamakshi Amman temple.
Kanchipuram, or Kānchi or Kāncheepuram, is a famous temple city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It served as the capital city of the Pallava Kingdom. It is also known by its former names Kanchiampathi, Conjeevaram, and the nickname "The City of Thousand Temples" It is now the Administrative headquarters of Kanchipuram district. Kanchipuram is located 72 kilometers from Chennai, the ...
The temple is built on a small hillock overlooking the Panamalai lake. [2] This 7th Century structure has a Vimana which resembles that of Kailasanatha temple of Kanchipuram. The garbhagriha houses a Dharalingam and as in Pallava temples of that time, there is a Somaskanda panel on rear wall of the sanctum. There is an Ardhamandapam (half ...
The deity Kashiswar Jiu with the gauripatta in the temple. Kashiswar Jiu temple is in Andul of Howrah district near the Saraswati river , West Bengal in India. The presiding deity is a Banlinga which was recovered from the river in mid 17th century by Kashiswar Datta Chowdhury , a local zamindar .
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Kailasanathar Temple is the name of several famous megalith rock cut kovils dedicated to the deity Shiva in the form Kailasanathar, whose primary abode is Mount Kailash from which the temples take their names and inspiration.
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